Former town manager and fire chief Reed Linn was compensated $286,541.10 last year while former finance officer Ginger Gibson made $216,168.66, according to a town transparency page created to reveal audit, budget and salary information.

That decision reverses Obama-era guidance that banned the practice of offering lump-sum payments to seniors. Pensions provide a guaranteed monthly income for as long as an employee lives in retirement.

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Local leaders in South Carolina have said the potential move of the Carolina Panthers’ team operations to the Palmetto State could transform the region. Local real estate agents say residents in York and Lancaster counties might feel the impact too.

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Elizabeth Bess Keel died at the same Nash County home where Lynn lived with Diana. Elizabeth Keel died on Jan. 1, 2006. CBS 17 was told she slipped on the outside steps of her home. Investigators said she hit her head and died. She was only 42-years-old.